Server Performance Engineer - Microsoft Azure
Redmond, WA 
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Posted 12 days ago
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OverviewGet ready to operate at hyperscale!We are building new systems to optimize the millions of server nodes underlying the Microsoft Azure cloud. You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team chartered to understand and improve how hardware and software ingredients come together to form our Azure Virtual Machine (VM) products. Our work includes optimizing fleet performance, comparisons, developing tools that leverage AI, and providing input to hardware selection.As a Server Performance Engineer - Microsoft Azure, in this role, you will work on detecting and addressing VM performance issues. You will find opportunities for improvement through internal testing as well as by working directly with Azure customers to understand their use cases. You will collaborate with various Microsoft teams and vendors to deliver performance optimizations for our customers. This opportunity will allow you to learn intricate details about how Azure works, what impacts performance when various hardware and software components come together, and how to create tests that can highlight both performance benefits and opportunities for improvement. In this role, you will actively collaborate with, and learn from, cloud, workload, and hardware experts. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesIdentify experiments, tools, and methodology to test various scenarios to triage performance improvement opportunities.Work with customers to understand performance requirements and configure performance measurements.Identify areas for potential improvement in both software and hardware.Clearly communicate the status of investigations, resolutions, and next steps or blockers.Drive performance issues to resolution through partnership with other teams and vendors.Contribute to requirement documents for Hardware (HW) vendors and Software (SW) partner teams.Other:Embody our Culture and Values

 

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